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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1958
Page
2
The Paris Post publishes weekly from Paris Idaho and offers subscriber rate of 2.00 per year. Advertising rates available on request and distribution details include second class mail status under act of Congress March 8 1879.
The article notes 13.7 million attendance across 566 home games for 116 major U.S. college teams in 1957. With an average $4 per ticket, nearly $55 million in gate receipts, a 10 percent federal admission tax yielded about $5.5 million. Gasoline use by roughly 12 million attendees in cars prompted a federal 8 cent per gallon levy, adding about $450,000.
A mathematician notes that taxes on transit and admissions at games yielded an estimated 7.1 million dollars for the federal government. The figure, excluding state and local levies, equates to about 6,000 dollars per year for 10 additional professors at each major game-playing college.
General Billy Mitchell, court martial convict 83 years past, was vindicated by Air Force Secretary James Douglas last week yet his sentence remains. Douglas found Mitchell’s advocacy of air power accurate though the underlying charge stands unresolved. The earlier vindication in the mine era and wars is cited, but his guilt persists in military records.
Mr and Mrs David Calder visited Montpelier Monday and were joined by Mrs LeRoy Loveland. Rollin Findlay spent Tuesday in Logan with friends. Relief Society Tuesday featured a visiting teacher message by Leone Loveland. Nina Sorenson sang Let Us Off Speak Kind Words. Theora Hodges led the theology lesson. Bishop Mitchell Sims attended both meetings. Leone Loveland visited Arvella Hawkins at Swan Creek Electric Co. home Thursday for crafts. Grandson born to Mr and Mrs Bernard Hodges in Ogden. LeRoy Sorenson was in Randolph on business last week. Mrs Merrill Sprouse visited Mrs Lee Hawkins at Swan Creek last Wednesday evening. Mrs Paul Cornea visited Montpelier Thursday. Subscribe for The Post. 3 per year.
City Council meets at City Hall Paris Idaho with Acting Mayor Cyril Budge and seven councilors. Minutes note health issue near Mrs Id Ward home Center Street and potential investigation. Consider buying a new motor grader and snow removal plans. Ordinance 215 veto discussed and expunged. Ordinance 216 passed. Council votes on dog nuisance, finance items listed, meeting adjourns.
The Kiplinger Changing Times editors estimate a retired couple needs 2000 to 2500 dollars a year for modest but adequate living, rising with inflation. They advise planning on one third to one half of pre retirement income and adjusting annually by about 2 percent to offset rising costs.
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